Leading Cities is honored to welcome Mr. Josep Ramon Ferrer as the newest member of Barcelona’s Local Advisory Board. He is the former Deputy CIO and former Smart City Director of the Barcelona City Council (2012-2015) and CEO of the Barcelona Institute of Technology (BIT). During his tenure with the City Council, he planned and…Read more Josep Ramon Ferrer Joins Barcelona’s Local Advisory Board
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The Smart Evolution of Living Buildings
In the United States, 101 million square feet of new construction is already underway. These new structures will define and have the potential to transform our urban spaces, making cities smarter. But are we allowing the evolution of “living” buildings to emerge and create smarter, more resilient urban spaces? The Smart City paradigm, still under…Read more The Smart Evolution of Living Buildings
Renato de Castro for TM Forum interviews Barcelona’s Leading Cities Coordinator, Joaquín Rodríguez
Wall street broker? This is gone! As Data is being considered the "new oil", the trend now is Open Data Broker, have you heard about this concept already? Joaquin Rodriguez Alvarez, the local Leading Cities coordinator in Barcelona talked with Renato de Castro about it for the first TM Forum Smart City Chat . You can…Read more Renato de Castro for TM Forum interviews Barcelona’s Leading Cities Coordinator, Joaquín Rodríguez
Committed to Collaboration in Barcelona: Leading Cities LAB Kicks off
The 30th April 2017, Leading Cities Barcelona has organized the first meeting of its Local Advisory Board (LAB). This meeting has been possible thanks to the collaboration with Diputació de Barcelona, the Regional Authority of Barcelona. The meeting has been held in Escola d’Enginyeria Industrial, with the participation of the members of the Local Advisory…Read more Committed to Collaboration in Barcelona: Leading Cities LAB Kicks off
We welcome Carme Trinidad, as new member of Barcelona’s Local Advisory Board
Carme is a social psychologist that started to work at the university as a social psychology lecturer. She quickly learned that she had no understanding of how to properly teach, so she started studying learning processes, communication, conflict management and dialog methods. Her challenge was to construct dialog and learning processes in digital platforms. Her…Read more We welcome Carme Trinidad, as new member of Barcelona’s Local Advisory Board
Jennifer James of Black & Veatch joins the Boston Advisory Board of Leading Cities
Jennifer is an entrepreneurial Smart Cities leader with more than 20 years of experience building innovation businesses in the technology, municipal and utility markets. As Smart Cities Solution Lead with global engineering company, Black & Veatch, Jennifer helps cities and communities leverage technology to become more sustainable, resilient and successful. She previously led market development…Read more Jennifer James of Black & Veatch joins the Boston Advisory Board of Leading Cities
We introduce you Parag Khanna, new member of Leading Cities Global Advisory Board
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is also the Managing Partner of Hybrid Reality, a boutique geostrategic advisory firm, and…Read more We introduce you Parag Khanna, new member of Leading Cities Global Advisory Board
Leading Cities: From Local to Global
The growth of cities around the world has been a popular topic in recent years. With an estimated 3 million individuals moving into a city worldwide each week, the challenges and opportunities facing cities are growing exponentially. Leading Cities’ mission to make cities better places to live, work and play has driven this organization to…Read more Leading Cities: From Local to Global
Fostering Competitiveness In The New Urban Revolution Part 3: Solutions And Lessons Learned
Read Parts I and II of this story. The core of any evolutionary urban project is no longer technology but people. Cities also embrace ICT as one of the main drivers of successful implementation of Smart City projects. It is important to reemphasise that the old concept of IT (information technology) was upgraded by the…Read more Fostering Competitiveness In The New Urban Revolution Part 3: Solutions And Lessons Learned
Introducing Jonathan Berk: The Newest Member Leading Cities’ Boston Local Advisory Board
Jonathan has worked as an attorney focusing on real estate development projects across Massachusetts for several years helping developers and investors realize their creative visions for development projects and communities. Working on these he realized there was always something missing. You can build “utopia” within the four walls of the building you’re working on but…Read more Introducing Jonathan Berk: The Newest Member Leading Cities’ Boston Local Advisory Board
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